Body capital in Brazilian football end American Basketball

Abstract

There is a relationship between athlete biotype and sports activity in which the body plays. There is also a relationship between the dominant culture, the body and its capital, the body is properly built to play its role in certain particular culture valued by sport. Moreover, exist a huge influence of sports in children’s motivation for education; however, this influence can be negative if children are not using sports for academic purpose, but only a false dream to be a professional player. This paper aims to discuss the importance of capital in the body according to the prevailing culture in Brazil and the USA. To do so, compare features of two sports, basketball and football in the USA in Brazil, according to the cultural importance of sport and its practitioners. Therefore characterizes the importance of blacks, their bodily features, their typical culture in American basketball, as well as body building in Brazilian football within a company dedicated to capital that these sports represent these cultures.